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A Memory of Vermont - Our Life in the Johnny Appleseed Bookshop 1930-1965Hard, MargaretNew York Harcourt Brace & World 1967 Later printing Hardcover Very Good+ good + Jacket Clean red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Slight fading to lower spine corner. No fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean red endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 242 pgs. Dustjacket is not price clipped, has small edge chips and closed edge tears. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The story of a Manchester, Vermont book shop opened in an apple orchard in the summer of 1930. A chronicle rich with anecdotes about a great diversity of people, among them Sinclair Lewis, Robert Frost, Dorothy Canfield, Carl Sandburg, Pearl Buck, Sholem Asch and many others. 018443

Pulpwood EditorHersey, Harold BrainerdNew York Frederick A. Stokes 1937 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Dustjacket Jacket Clean green cloth boards with gold title box, raised lettering on spine. Hint of fading to top edges. No bumping or wear, but there is a vertical cut to spine cloth which is located exactly at bottom of gold "Stokes" label, so is actually noticeable only upon close inspection. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with yellow top-stained page edges, clean yellow endpapers (no names, writing or marks). 301 pgs. with index. Rear dustjacket flap (only remaining piece of dustjacket) is included. The memoirs of a famous editor and publisher of pulp magazines. 8vo. Books on Books. 014081

The Barnum-Cinderella World of PublishingJackinson, AlexNew York Impact Press 1971 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good+ Jacket First Edition, with publisher's review slip and typed review laid in. Very clean blue cloth boards with bright gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 353 pgs. Clean bright dustjacket is unchipped, not price clipped, with two very tiny closed tears at top spine edge. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. A literary agent takes you on an unguided tour through the changing, shifting, turbulent, but always interesting world of book publishing. 8vo. Books on Books. 016722

The Lost Library - The Autobiography of a CultureMehring, WalterIndianapolis / New York Bobbs Merrill 1951 Stated First Edition Hardcover Near Fine Very Good+ Jacket "First Edition" stated on copyright page, in clean unclipped original jacket. Clean red cloth boards with small decoration on cover, gold lettering on spine. No fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 290 pp. with index. Translated by Richard and Clara Winston. Clean jacket is not price clipped (3.50 on front inside flap), a few tiny chips at top and bottom spine edges (match-head or smaller in size), one 1/3" closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Story of a refugee from Europe during World War II living in exile in America, who gradually reassembles the books of his father's library after receiving them.. As book after book is unpacked and re-examined, it seems as though the story of the history of Europe as revealed in lts literary history is retelling itself. 019234

American Book Collector (Volume 6 / Number 3)MiscellaneousNew York American Book Collector 1985 Magazine Very Good+ American Book Collector Magazine (Volume 6/ Number 3 / New Series) - May/June 1985. Containing articles, news and reviews for the book collector. This issue features an Edward Gorey bibliographical checklist, and an article by Madeleine B. Stern on "Henry Stevens: "G.M.B." - a famous bookseller from the state of Vermont in the 19th century, among others. 68 pages. Magazine is clean (very slight age toning), with a few tiny edge nicks/ small closed edge tears. 023710

Quarto-Millenary - The First 250 Publications and the First 25 Years 1929-1954 of The Limited Editions ClubMiscellaneousNew York The Limited Editions Club 1959 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Near Fine First Limited Edition (this is "Office Copy" of 2,250 copies) in slipcase. Clean red cloth boards with black leather decorative medallion in center of front board, black leather spine with red label, gold lettering. Bevelled edges. No fraying, fading, or wear; very slight dents to front board. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean and bright, with clean endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Illustrations in full color and black and white by the likes of Arthur Rackham, Matisse, and other greats. 295 pages with index. In original slipcase (black paper covered boards with red label) -- cracking to paper along one long edge. 023586

The First Printers and Their BooksMongan, Elizabeth and Edwin Wolf, 2ndPhiladelphia Free Library of Philadelphia 1940 Softbound Good+ 94 pgs. Good+ A catalogue of an exhibition commemorating the 500th anniversary of the invention of printing. Beige paper cover (illustrated). Contains information and illustrations and printing from the earliest printed books. Binding good, all pages clean, water mark on upper edge of cover and a few spots on upper edge of first three pages. 10" x 7-1/2". Printing. 001959

A Tourist in Spite of HimselfNewton, A. EdwardBoston Little Brown 1930 Stated First Trade Edition Hard Cover Very Good+ Very Good Jacket Gluyas Williams, Illustrator Very clean green cloth boards with black illustration and lettering on cover, black lettering on spine. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Tasteful previous owner bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Small portrait of A. Edward Newton lightly tipped in on back of fly leaf; photo and small article on illustrator tipped in at rear fixed endpaper. 252 pgs. illustrated with amusing drawings by Gluyas Williams. Clean dustjacket is price clipped, has clear tape reinforcement at top of spine, along front top edge, at rear corner tip. Enclosed in new archival quality mylar cover. The author, a book collector, is persuaded by his wife to set out on a trip together to see the world. 8vo. Travel. 011717

Cargoes for CrusoesOverton, GrantNew York D. Appleton / George H. Doran / Little Brown 1924 First edition Hardcover Very Good very good Jacket "Copyright, 1924 - First Printing, September, 1924" stated on copyright page. First edition. Unfaded blue cloth boards with clean unchipped paper labels on cover and spine. Hint of very light soiling. No bumping or fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Dustjacket has shallow chip at top rear panel edge, light stain at rear spine fold. Enclosed in new archival removable mylar cover. Scarce in dustjacket. A guide to the best reading of 1924-25. 017962

The A. Edward Newton Collection of Books and Manuscripts - Part One - A - DParke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.New York Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. 1941 First Edition, First Printing Hardcover Good good Jacket Hardcover book and original dust jacket detailing the public exhibition and sale of A. Edward Newton's book collection on April 16 - April 18, 1941, following the famous book collector's death. This book comprises Part One of the sale (books with authors last names beginning with A - D). Book is blue-gray paper covered boards with black lettering on cover and spine. One inch chip to paper at top spine edge, wear and short closed tear at bottom spine edge. Clean book, binding is tight, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Beautiful black and white photographic endpapers (Newston reading in his lovely library in front of book; exterior photograph of Oak Knoll - his home - on rear endpapers). Frontispiece photo portrait of Newton. Book includes many images from items offered in the sale, including some in full color with tissue guards. Only markings in book are a few "price realized" numbers noted in soft pencil in margins. 230 pages. Dust jacket has edge chips and closed tears, but is quite clean and has a terrific photo of Newton standing in front of his book cases on front panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Offers many great details in description of rare books by prominent authors offered for sale during the dispersal of this famous collection. 023435

Minding Our Own BusinessPaul, CharlotteNew York Random House 1955 Stated First printing Hardcover Very Good+ Very Good+ Jacket "First Printing" stated on copyright page, in original unclipped jacket. Clean blue cloth boards with blind-stamped type decoration on cover, burgundy title box with bright silver lettering on spine. Slightest hint of fading to edges. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with clean yellow top-stained page edges. Clean photo-illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 309 pgs. Clean illustrated dustjacket is not price clipped (3.95 on front inside flap), unchipped, no tears, hint of edge wear. Author's photo on rear panel. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. True story of a young couple who bought a small-town newspaper in Snoqualmie, Washington, and brought up their children on printer's ink and borrowed money. 018835

Forgotten BookmarksPopek, MichaelNew York Perigee 2011 0399537015 / 9780399537011 First Hardcover Fine no dust jacket As new first edition, first printing. Clean decorated boards, no bumping or wear. Issued without a dust jacket. All pages and edges clean and bright, with clean blank endpapers. No names, writing or marks. Beautifully illustrated in full color. 182 pages. A bookseller's charming collection of odd things lost between the pages of books. 026139

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